As part of Culture Night, Kieran Kelly, Chairman of the Letterkenny Historical Society, was invited by the local Community Heritage Group to take part in a lively discussion and debate in Gallagher’s Hotel centred around the naming of streets and areas in the town. Should they be named after prominent local people or national figures,
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Thursday 21st July 2016 marks the 155th anniversary of the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major engagement in the American Civil War. In an open plain near the Potamac River in Virginia on July 21st 1861, the Union Forces of Abraham Lincoln came face to face with the Confederate Army under the command
Read MoreFollowing on from the successful visit of Prince Charles recently, this coming Saturday, the town of Letterkenny welcomes with open arms the President of Ireland, Mr. Michael D. Higgins, as he arrives to congratulate the Letterkenny Tidy Towns on their success on being crowned Ireland’s Tidiest Town 2015. Of course, several Presidents...
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Today, Charles, the Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla visited Letterkenny as part of their short tour of the Northwest of Ireland. Whilst they were no doubt welcomed with a céad míle fáilte, we doubt the celebrations were as exuberant in the town as they were upon the marriage of his great, great grandfather,
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